Waimate Shears president Warren White says organising the competition goes like a well-oiled machine since they have been doing it for so long. Photo: File
''It'll be going around the world,'' Waimate Shears president Warren White said.
''It has cost us $4000 getting the equipment to livestream and Makikihi Fries has given us $8500 sponsorship for a new media room.
''With all the TVs and video cameras we've got now, it's like a mini TV station.''
The $800,000 pavilion opened at Waimate's A&P showgrounds in 2017.
The Waimate Shears are held as part of the PGG Wrightson National shearing competition, which is contested by the country's top shearers.
Entries were always slow to come in, but Mr White expected many of the country's best shearers would be competing, including recently crowned world blade shearing champion, Allan Oldfield of Geraldine.
The Waimate Shears will be held on October 11 and 12.
